This news comes after Nurmagomedov took to social media last week to reveal that an interim lightweight title fight between the pair was all-but finalized for early 2017.

While Ferguson is certainly on quite the win streak of his own, Nurmagomedov has certainly been on a tear of his own. Earlier this year the pair were set to fight at ‘UFC Fight Night: Tampa’ however an injury forced Ferguson out of the fight, and he was ultimately replaced by Darrell Horcher, who ‘The Eagle’ dispatched of in the second round. In his next fight, Nurmagomedov stepped into the Octagon against Michael Johnson at UFC 205. Nurmagomedov dominated the fight from bell to bell, as he ultimately picked up a third round submission win over ‘The Menace’.

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